Get free tickets to ‘Foe,’ celebrate great queer film, walk with a 1943 zombie and meet ‘Flora’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include picks from “The Queer Film Guide” at The Brattle and an Indigenous People’s Day double feature, Jane Eyre plus zombies and more October-worthy attempts at scares, from Freddy Krueger to a new “Exorcist.” Also: “Flora and Son” and Free tickets to “Foe” in Kendall Square.
Hearing from silent with Buster Keaton’s ‘Ages,’ plus ‘Shutter Island’ and new ‘Megalomaniac’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include the chilling new “Megalomaniac” from Belgium and thought-provoking “The Hole in the Fence” from Mexico, as well as repertory fare that includes Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” and silent films such as Buster Keaton’s “Three Ages.”
‘Stop Making Sense’: Place among docs’ best suits Talking Heads in this 40-year rerelease
Hard to believe it’s been 40 years since Jonathan Demme’s “Stop Making Sense” came out and took its place as one of the best rock-docs ever made.
Brattle goes ‘Walken on Sunshine’ in ’80s series, Somerville drives Ford, says ‘Stop Making Sense’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Christopher Walken greats from the 1980s and Jeanet/Caro’s “City of Lost Children” as well as the 50-year rerelease run of Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” Ford’s “Fugitive” and new works: “Dumb Money” and the smart, scary “It Lives Inside.”
‘Scrapper’ premiere and plenty of Soderbergh, ‘Cassandro’ and ‘Charlie Trotter’ go to the mats
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Brattle premieres of “Scrapper” and “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.,” lesser-known Steven Soderbergh and one his greats, works from Japan and Chile and new fare from the great “Cassandro” to the tale of a cook’s rise and fall.
Get experimental with Jean Eustache at Brattle and Azevedo Gomes at the Harvard Film Archive
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a “Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache” series out of France at The Brattle and fascinating Portuguese, Chilean and Japanese works at the HFA. And don’t miss the doc about the UFO sighting in Zimbabwe.
Brattle digs deep into the roots of the hit ‘Barbie,’ HFA has retro psych schlock and crime all night
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include the films that influenced the runaway hit “Barbie,” David Lynch works such as “Blue Velvet,” Bruce Lee’s own “Way of the Dragon” and gems at the Harvard Film Archive that will bring you back to the classroom or keep you up all night.
‘Bottoms’: This queer high school fight club knocks you silly but ultimately doesn’t slay
The pleasures of “Bottoms” are grim, hilarious, over the top and ephemeral, and at times would merit a smile from bad taste pioneer John Waters himself.
Big-screen ‘Tokyo Pop’ is the only size offered, and it’s at The Brattle with dark ‘Werckmeister’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include the unstreamable gems “Werckmeister Harmonies” and “Tokyo Pop,” briefly back at The Brattle, as well as more from the Sight and Sound critics poll at the Somerville Theatre, “Sierra Madre” and more.
Friedkin rewrote genres with old-school craft, filming perfection in ‘The French Connection’
William Friedkin was both a traditionalist and an iconoclast when it came to his trade and wears the “maverick” tag well in an era that preceded the blockbuster.
